Journal article
ABVD Alone versus Radiation-Based Therapy in Limited-Stage Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy plus radiation treatment is effective in controlling stage IA or IIA nonbulky Hodgkin's lymphoma in 90% of patients but is associated with late treatment-related deaths. Chemotherapy alone may improve survival because it is associated with fewer late deaths.
METHODS: We randomly assigned 405 patients with previously untreated stage IA or IIA nonbulky Hodgkin's lymphoma to treatment with doxorubicin, bleomycin, …
Authors
Meyer RM; Gospodarowicz MK; Connors JM; Pearcey RG; Wells WA; Winter JN; Horning SJ; Dar AR; Shustik C; Stewart DA
Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 366, No. 5, pp. 399–408
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
February 2, 2012
DOI
10.1056/nejmoa1111961
ISSN
0028-4793